Ashampoo WinOptimizer is a suite of utilities intended to increase the performance and security of your operating system. The product is full of features to take care of such areas as junk data, maintenance, storage space, privacy and performance, among others. Fortunately, its developers have managed to pack this long list of features into an excellent graphical user interface that really helps users find their way without any trouble.
If you do not know much about system optimization, you can simply click on the Analyze button and let the program do at least the basic tasks for you. These include removing Internet traces and unnecessary data as well as cleaning the registry of invalid entries. Another possibility is to schedule automatic optimization every time the program is launched.
This review would be too short to include all this program’s features. Instead, I will refer to the ones that definitely caught my attention. First, the program can help you improve your gaming experience by killing unessential processes and services. Second, it includes a benchmarking utility that helps you determine the speed of your computer and compare it with other systems based on online statistics. Third, the application can monitor the state of your hardware in real time and issue alerts when something seems wrong. Finally, it can perform various operations to wipe files, find duplicates and even recover lost data.
In fewer words, Ashampoo WinOptimizer is definitely one of the most comprehensive programs of its type available. When tried, it certainly did everything its developers claim it can do. However, I have to admit that some of the features intended to increase performance work in a “black box”, which makes it difficult to measure its real impact. I cannot think of any disadvantage of this product, only that I would have liked to receive more visual information on the progress of the operations. Despite this minor inconvenience, I truly recommend this program. Luckily, it is free to try without restrictions.
v19.0 [May 9, 2021]
General:
- Handy tooltips with context-sensitive help information for important featuresNEW.
- Greatly reduced memory consumption in multiple modulesNEW.
- Dynamic dashboards with new features and settingsIMPROVED.
- Completely intuitive user interface.
- Two program skins available.
- Ready for future Windows updates.
- Ingenious navigation bar with access to all features.
- Start page with eight optimization tools.
- Brilliant visuals at any resolution on any display.
- New usability concept.
- Interactive start screens with problem analysis.
- Conserve energy efficiently and preserve battery life.
- Excellent gaming performance at the click of a button with Game Booster.
- Manage system policies easily with User Rights Manager.
- Increased performance, more efficient memory usage.
- Manage system restore points comfortably with System Restore Manager.
- Speed up any application launch with Live Tuner as background task.
- Wizard-driven optimization with Tuning Assistant.
- Save and restore all changes with Backup Manager.
System maintenance:
- Totally overhauled 1-Click OptimizerNEW.
- Auto-emptying of Windows recycle binNEW.
- Extended system analysis for fast all-round optimizationIMPROVED.
- New direct cookie management with Internet CleanerIMPROVED.
- Up-to-date cleanersIMPROVED.
- Instant access and always up-to-date information with dashboards.
- Merge free disk space with Defrag.
- Extensive drive analysis and hardware review with Defrag.
- Handy task scheduler for maintenance and optimization.
- Detect file system and file structure issues.
- Manage Opera plugins with ease.
- Enhanced Browser Extension Manager.
- Automatically delete web browsing traces and temporary files.
- Updated search algorithms for all cleaner modules.
- Clean multiple user accounts simultaneously.
- Powerful drive cleaner with significantly improved results.
- Clean hard disks with Drive Cleaner.
- Optimize Windows Registry with Registry Optimizer.
- New filter settings to narrow down search results.
File tools:
- New filters for better results in Duplicate FinderIMPROVED.
- Redeveloped for enhanced speed.
- Render deleted files unrecoverable with File Wiper.
- Support for ExFat partitions.
- Recover accidentally deleted files with Undeleter.
- Safely and securely encrypt and split up file with File Manipulator.
- Securely delete files with File Wiper.
- Permanentely delete files from the recycle bin.
- Find invalid program shortcuts with Link Checker.
- Wipe and overwrite free disk space to securely delete file remnants.
- Securely encrypt and decrypt files with File Encrypter and Decrypter.
- Split up huge files with File Splitter.
- System analysis:
- Faster drive analysis in Disk DoctorIMPROVED.
- ADS Scanner for hidden data streams.
- Enhanced system details view with optimized hardware detection.
- Get detailed system information.
- Support for extremely large partitions.
- More details about running services.
- New and dramatically faster DiskSpace Explorer.
- Optimum SSD support for increased lifespans.
- Innovative hard disk benchmark with detailed results.
- Manage installed fonts with Font Manager.
- Detect hard disk issues on time with HDD Inspector.
- View disk space usage and find large files with DiskSpace Explorer.
- Benchmark system with System Benchmark.
- Compare benchmark results online.
- Improve system performance:
- Analyze and accelerate boot times with Boot CenterNEW.
- Autorun module with startup times for individual programs and system appsNEW.
- Manage and disable Windows tasks individuallyNEW.
- Process Manager with in-depth information for professionalsIMPROVED.
- Enhanced Uninstall Manager with additional details.
- Optimize Internet connections with Internet Tuner.
- SSD Wizard for solid state drives.
- Disable unnecessary system services for more performance with Service Manager.
- Speed up Windows startups with Startup Tuner.
- Customize Windows:
- Powerful Privacy Manager module to disable Windows telemetryNEW.
- Find more extensions with up-to-date Browser Extension ManagerIMPROVED.
- New Windows customization tweaksIMPROVED.
- Adjust hidden settings with tweaking module.
- Customize Windows context menu with Context Menu Manager.
- Adjust file associations with File Associator.
